Tracey, not to muddy the waters here (!), but check out the Cifial faucet I linked below. At the urging of our salesperson (with whom we worked for our kitchen faucets, sink and hardware), we ordered the Cifial Techno for the current downstairs bath reno. He felt that it was a great choice with regards to quality and price (compared to some of the others we liked), especially for a downstairs/guest bathroom. The one I linked here for you (Techno 25) looks similar to the one you like, and retails for $275 for the Satin Nickel finish. I don't know if you have access to a place that discounts that stuff, but the place we got our stuff does, FYI. I don't know how the Cifial compares to the others you're considering, but wanted to throw that out there in case it might work for you. Here is a link that might be useful: Cifial Techno 25

I think the splash has more to do with the aerator. I really liked the Danze Sirius vessel filler. Got it, installed it and well...returning it. booo! The water flows straight out hits your hand and out the sink it goes. I might have tried to keep it but I don't like how close my hand is to the edge of the sink so I am going to look for something different. I think if you just look for something with the aerator you will be ok.

I have an 8-1/2" deep Blanco SS sink and a Blanco Aires faucet. Though I love the look of really tall arcing faucets, I have cabinets over my sink so I didn't think there would be room. The Blanco is more of a "standard" style faucet. Anyway, when the plumber installed my faucet, he didn't attach the aerator - he just left it on the side of the sink (no idea why). So the first time I tried out the faucet, the water came out with a great deal of pressure and splashed all over and was very noisy. I set the faucet to sprayer and it was much better. I thought I'd have to use the sprayer setting *all the time* - very annoying - the sprayer does "lock" on my faucet, but it unlocks as soon as you turn off the water. Then I discovered the aerator sitting there. Oh, what's this?? I screwed it in. Much better. :-) Don't know if it helps any with your situation. Probably not. LOL! (Have to say, though - I do love my faucet. Heck, after three months, I love having running water in the kitchen!)

I'll try to figure out exactly what I've got today. Something else to consider if wooden countertops are in the idea bucket - - when your hands are wet, you'll transfer moisture to the handles (if any) and the countertop area unless you dry your hands before touching the handles. That'll be a habit everyone in your house will need to possibly do. I used to have butcher block countertops in some places. They were not very forgiving and, once, the wood did catch fire in a freak accident. My old faucet did have a pull out sprayer. The part on it that wore out first (at not an old age) was the button controls that had a rubber-like substrate with the buttons. The circular buttons developed cracks in the rubber around the buttons at about 5-6 years old. I'll look into the aerator issue - whether I have a built in one- and whether or not my faucet is high or low flow. There is no secondary aerator attached to the end - - those are kinda ugly IMHO. I am also no curious as to whether or not mine is lead free. My current faucet flow lands at the rim of the drain, if that helps. I'll try to photograph it later. If the faucet were farther forward, more of the splashiness would come on me than it now does. When my oldest is home this week-end from college, I'll see if she could video the whole thing.